Is There An Ethic To NATO? [Abstract]

Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 1 (1987)

The Soviet ruling class, thwarted in its expansionist aims and beset by
economic ills, sought to enjoy the fruits of Western culture without risking
war, by a policy of "Finlandization" or neutralization of Europe. Phillips,
writing in 1987, maintains that NATO had as great a moral duty to check this
political ambition as it had to check Soviet military aggression. He suggests
ways to reaffirm the rule of law and the commitment to social justice and to
build such values into Western foreign policy, rather than use them as public
relations tinsel.